Rahul Anil Jaiswal v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
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Keywords: NDPS regular bail; Section 37 NDPS Act rigours; Section 439 CrPC; commercial quantity; codeine phosphate / Chlorpheniramine Maleate cough syrup; 286 + 284 bottles; no physical recovery from applicant; WhatsApp chats as sole material; investigation lapses; de facto owner Akhilesh Singh @ Nilu Monica Patel; Well Done Pharma Varanasi licence in Applicant's name; Knox Pharmaceuticals supply uninvestigated; Vijay Lakshmi (2) Trans Solution Private Limited transporter; dropped accused Ayaz Khan; money-trail insufficiency; Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, Bail Application No.866 of 2024, decided 24 January 2025 by Milind N. Jadhav, J.; PR bond Rs.25,000 with local surety; comparative citations: State by the Inspector of Police v. B. Ramu ([2024] 2 SCR 357; 2024 INSC 114) distinguished; NCB v. Mohit Aggarwal (AIR 2022 SC 3444); Bharat Chaudhary v. UOI ((2021) 20 SCC 50); Mohd. Muslim @ Hussain v. State (NCT of Delhi) (2023 SCC OnLine 352; SLP(Crl.) 915/2023); Mohd. Hussain Ahmed Shaikh @ Babool Bhai v. State of Maharashtra (Bom HC Bail Appln 2000/2023, Jamadar J.).